Stock-watering tank



Nov. 20 1923.

- J. W. KIRBY sTocK WATERING TANK Filed MarchI 22, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ww N l .IIILIIIII/IIIIPIIIIIIIIIIIIII A 0 0 0 Ol'l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I 1 'r t me/nio@ James hf. Kirby.

Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

, UN lgT'EID PATENT., o FFI cer t JAMES W. KIRBSL'OF HABLAN, IOWA.

STOCK-WATERING TANK; f

Appiicationiiea March 2 2, ieee.; serial NO.'1545v,815.

ful Improvements .in Stock-Vater'ing Tanks,

of which thefollowing'is a specification.

This invention relates to stock-watering tanks and.' hasfor its object the provision of means whereby the water may be.V maintainedat a temperature suitable for drinking and thesupply of water within lthe tank automatically maintained.rv` further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the outlets through which the water is used by the. animals may be kept in a sanitary condition. Other objects of the invention will appear incidentally in the course` of the folle-wing description.

In the annexed drawings which illustrate one embodiment of my invention- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved stock-watering tank partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section of the same;

Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section taken between the heating compartment and the point of water admission;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View, partly broken away and in section, of one of the drinking cups or outlets.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a tank 1 which may be of any desired dimensions and is equipped with a removable cover or lid 2 whereby access to the interior of the tank may be had whenever desired, but the entrance of dirt or otherfimpurities will be prevented. The tank is preferably of a step formation, as indicated at 3, and within the tank is disposed a heating compartment 4 of like form. This heating compartment may conveniently be a container having supporting flanges or feet 5 on its under side whereby its bottom 6 will be maintained in' spaced relation to the bottom of the tank and having an open top, as

shown at 7 whereby the surplus heat and products of combustion may escape. Through the riser portion 8 of the stepped end of the tank, I provide vent openings 9 which permit the fumes and other products of combustion from the lamp or heater 10 to escape to the atmosphere. While the heater may be-of any desired form, I have illustrated and employed an oil lamp which maybe readily inserted throughv the open top 7 ofthe heating compartment andt-hen pushedf,v under the tread member of the stepped end of the same. The heating compartment oruheater container is also. prefere ably fof such dimensions that by shifting itl rearwardly or from under the stepped end of the ltank it may kloe readily liftedy from thev tank when cleaningis desirable or repairs are necessary;`

Water is supplied tothe. tank from any convenient. source of supply through a. feed pipe 11 which enters the bottom of the tank and is equipped'with a valve`12 controlled by a float 13 in a well-known manner so that the level of the water in the tank will be maintained relatively constant. The tank is also provided with an outer wall 15 in spaced relation to its inner wall -16 so that a surrounding air chamber 17 is produced whereby the Vcontact of the animals with a highly heated surface of the tank will be prevented and rapid chilling or excessive heating of the water will be avoided.

Within the tread member 18 of the stepped end of the tank, I provide drinking openings in whichv are fitted cups or pipes 19. These drinking cups 19 are provided at their upper ends with lateral annular flanges 20 adapted to rest upon the tread surface 18, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, so that the cup will be supported in the tank but maybe readily ref moved therefrom to be cleaned, and to facilitate the removal a cross bar or pin 21 is provided within each cup to serve asa handle in an obvious manner. Gpenings 22 are also provided in the wall of each cup, and in the bottom of each cup is an inlet opening 23` controlled by a flap valve 24. When a drinking cup has been cleaned and is reinserted in its place, the valve 24 will open as the cup is pushed downwardly and will permit the water to iiow in through the opening 23y to fill the cup without making it necessary tov wait for the water inthe tank to reach the level'of the openings 22l and enter the cup Qi y 1 n l 1,474,530

` lighted and thenrplaeed in'proper position 'through the upper ends of the cups as is obl0 Y Y Ymay flow into the tank and replenish the supvious and as water is consumed the float will drop with the level of the Water andv thereby open the valvelQl so that additional water ply. The smoke and fumes rising from the Y heater will` flow through the open topof the Aheating compartment and pass immediately to and through the vent openings 9,l as indi-- cated by the arrows in Fig. 2, so that contarn-v ination' of the water eannotooour.- The ani` mals may readily reach the water through the open tops of the drinking oups and these oups may he removed VandV cleaned as often as necessary iii order to maintain the parts in sanitary condition. The device is exceedingly simple in the construction and arrangement of its parts and may beproduoedat a 25 low cost. l

Y Having thus desoribed the invention, what is olaimedas new is:

A device for the purpose set forthV oom-fy prsing a tank having a stepped top and fur-Y nishing an open Water chamber,` a spaced easing around the tank and open at top and bottom, a lid itting over the top opening of said casing, a container lremovably disposed -Y within said chamber and prov-idinga heater compartment, a roofover the stepped portion of said top, `a cup 'removably fitted in said roof and Vdepending into said chamber, Y

said euphaving a, valved bottom opening, andconstantly open passages 'adjaoent'its Upper end. l f n testimony whereof I 'affix my signature; 

